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The recipient of the 2002
Photo Urbanism fellowship
was the collaborative team
of Diane Cook and Len Jenshel,
two of America's foremost landscape photographers. Cook and Jenshel
photographed — in black & white
and color — roughly 600 miles of waterfront that make
up the edge of New York City. It was the photographers'
intention to document and interpret the waterfront areas
of public access, particularly the confluence and counterpoint
of recreation and commerce, development and conservation,
nature and architecture.
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The project concluded with a public presentation at the
Drawing Center in New York City. The photographers presented
and discused their project through a slide show and display
of photographs. Following their presentation, Phillip Lopate,
author of a book on the New York City waterfront, used the
photographs as a springboard to speak about the past, present,
and future of the waterfront.
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| About
the Photo Urbanism Program |
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Photography
plays an integral role in the examination,
discussion, and re-imagining of New York
City's public spaces. Photo Urbanism
supports this role by offering fellowships
to photographers to document the city's
built environment. At least five distinct
essays, produced sequentially and each
focusing on a different aspect of New
York's public realm, will catalog
the city's evolving character. Each fellow receives $5,000 as a stipend and for production expenses. An exhibition of the fellow's work is held at the completion of each fellowship.
All work will be published collectively
at the program's conclusion.
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In
2002, the first fellowship went
to Diane Cook and Len Jenshel for The
Edge of New York, an exploration
of the city's waterfront. The second
fellowship was awarded to Jonathan Smith
in 2004 for The
Bridge Project. In 2005, Travis Roozée
received the third award for his study
of Jamaica
Bay. At least two more fellowships
will be awarded by 2009.
The Photo Urbanism fellowships are being
partially underwritten by Paul & Ursula
Warchol and Paul
Warchol Photography.
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